I think there's a lot of confusion online about dehydrated skin vs dry skin. You can have dehydrated skin at any time alongside dry, oily or combo skin. My skin is chronically dehydrated when I'm oily and dry, I empathise with the struggle! If I didn't know better, after hearing about the products you use, I would've guessed you had oily or dry skin with no dehydration, so something must be working 😅 Here's some info that might help or might help anyone reading along ☺️ Dehydrated skin has trouble holding onto water and needs more humectants, while also needing occlusives to then seal all that hydration in. Dry skin has trouble producing enough oils within the skin and needs emollients and moisturising ingredients to fill in the "cracks" within the skin and smooth out the flakiness. The best, most gentle cleanser I've ever used is the Isntree Yam Root Cream Cleanser. It's so moisturising and just lovely. Unfortunately, the SkinFix moisturiser has no occlusives and is very much NOT suited for true dehydrated skin, unless you're using an occlusive moisturiser on top of it. I'm sure you also already know this, but that moisturiser also contains both a PHA and AHA, so maybe that's why you're not able to tolerate tret more often? The literature on Tretinoin actually shows that using a lower dose like 0.025-0.05% 3-4 times a week gives the same results as using a higher dose every night! Many people with dehydrated skin also can't tolerate much HA products or products with nano HA, because it's just not a good humectant. I'd highly recommend ditching dedicated HA products and switching to products with better humectants like glycerin, panthenol and urea. My recommendation with snail mucin is to use it after hydrating essences/toners and serums, but before creamy serums/emulsions and moisturisers. Using snail mucin after just a mist was torture on my dehydrated skin 😅 Luckily I've only ever had snail mucin pill when I haven't used enough humectants in my routine.
Endorsing this recommendation! Very gentle and hydrating, and while the bottle is a little expensive for the drugstore, the bottle is huge so it’s a bargain if you look at it the cost per ounce. I’ve been using it for 2 months now and have barely made a dent in it.
Prequel are so good - the Gleanser, their various moisturizers, and their multi-quench serum. So hydrating, and all very nice for not irritating anything.
I have a very similar routine, but I figured out that if I do my exfoliation the first night, my tretinoin is more effective and I'm not treating dead skin cells. It made a decent difference, just swapping the order of my cycle to exfoliate, treat, and then 2 nights off (both with rose hip oil, because my skin loves it).
I also use benzoyl peroxide at 10% concentration to treat my rosacea, applying it three times a week. Salicylic acid doesn’t work for me; it just makes my skin incredibly sensitive. My weekly skincare routine includes vitamin C, azelaic acid, peptides, and retinol-sunscreen is also a must. Not one person who saw me before I started this routine has failed to notice the difference. They often say, "You look so young and healthy. Your skin looks amazing!"
Yeessss. I hate it because no matter how good I was at skin prep, my skin would be flaky by mid morning. It was extra frustrating because my skin looked great-totally moisturized and hydrated-until I put on foundation. So frustrating!
I still have dehydration but some things to experiment with might be layering, layering products with increasingly thick textures (something watery->thickened->gloopy) and then followed by a face oil instead of a moisturizer sometimes hits for me
It sounds like we have similar skin; I LOVE the Aveeno Calm + Restore Nourishing Oat Cleanser. Cheap, feels great, cleans well, keeps breakouts at bay, and helps keep my skin barrier intact. I live in dry AF Denver and this has been a game changer for my routine!
Yep, this is my one and only. I lived in co too! I stopped all my skincare and only used this and their eczema lotion and I had absolutely flawless skin, until I moved to Tennessee lolll
It's so tough to figure out the right balance. The environment changes between seasons, our skin changes. Breaks are good. I use "recovery" products without actives when I need to get my skin barrier back in shape. The best recovery products contain glycerin, ceramides, cholesterol, linoleic acid, urea (or some of these at least). Dr. Idriss stresses consistency over quantity with actives. 3 x week is great for tretinoin if you can be consistent that way. Using actives too often can cause inflammation, which you want to avoid.
Your opinion means a lot to me in that even though I’m a woman of a “certain age”, I still break out and I still have very oily skin so thank you very much and merry Christmas🎄
I can only use salicylic acid; I cannot use benzoyl peroxide at all. Hyaluronic acid serum is a game changer for hydration; it works amazingly well with vitamin c. I had to scale back on retinol.
Recommends 1. The man:nyo pure and deep cleansing foam produces a deep lather from a cream cleanser without stripping the skin 2. The dynasty cream from Beauty of Joseon is an incredible general moisturizer and absorbs well without feeling greasy.
The Lisa Eldridge cleanser is amazing. I will also use it once a week as a mask for 5-10 minutes. I'm drugstore to the core, but this is my favorite product. Many blessings!!💖💖💖 Merry Christmas!! 🎄⛄🎀
I fell in love with SkinFix moisturizer to combat Tret 0.1% dryness. Sephora has a gift set marked down to $41 that includes the "old" formula moisturizer but the cleanser is amazeballs! (The Barrier Bundle Hydrating and Plumping Trio) I think you'd like that cleanser, it protects the moisture barrier nicely. I actually tried samples of their oil cleanser and broke out promptly, ugh. Acne after 50 should be illegal. Best of luck
My evening skincare routine Monday: Mens clinique concentrate serum -> dieux air angel -> kiehls avacado eye cream Retinol (altreno) Tuesday Dermalogica exfoliating powder -> dieux air angel -> Vaseline on entire face Repeat I have dry dehydrated skin Sunday no actives
I grew up in New Hampshire where the sun is basically not seen for half the year and weaksauce the rest of the year, but after 25 years in SoCal, my number one regret is not slathering sunscreen on my neck, chest, and hands. Shortly after age 40, a bunch of brown spots popped out on my chest, and wow, it was downhilll aging so fast from there. I did protect my face because of my damn melasma, which is SOOOOOO sensitive to sun exposure that it taught me how effective sunscreens really are. My longtime HG Shiseido mineral SPF 50+ has gone out of stock, and I'm at a loss. Maybe it's time to try Haruharu.... According to my melasma, not all sunscreens are equally protective against photoaging/brown spots even when their SPF numbers are the same, so normally I test a new sunscreen on a less important area like forearms or ankles (especially after the Honest Beauty fiasco) before I will use it on my face.
Although I haven't used it myself, I've heard many other dry-skinned influencers rave about Prequel's "Gleanser" which is like 50% glycerin. Apparently a big pump bottle is very reasonably priced. Prequel is Dr, Sam Ellis' (dermatolgist) own brand. Hope this helps..
I've been drier than the Sahara my whole life. It takes several liquid moisturizers and serums, followed by 2 occlusives to keep me from looking like a raisin. I never had to worry about clogged pores at least.
I adore the Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser (light blue cap). It's like a lotion and it removes makeup really well, also. Doesn't leave my skin feeling stripped.
I recommend IsNTree's dark blue hyaluronic acid toner & serum, the serum and toner are actually sold at jcpennys (where I first found them). The serum is called something like "hyaluronic water essence"; it's got oatmeal extract and like 8 different types of hyaluronic acid. Also has a bit of vitamin c derivative (as sodium ascorbyl hyaluronate). Love love love it. I used to use the toner, then their "Fresh" aloe gel, then the water essence, and it was so hydrating! Still use their toner and aloe gel, but I've switch to their bifida ampoule since it has peptides.
The Garnier Hydrating Cleanser is very soothing. It has glycerin and it feels so good, never stings and leaves my dry and acne prone skin happy. I never tried the Prequel Gleanser but it sounds similar yet the Garnier one is a lot cheaper.
I just started tretinoin this week (wish me luck). I am on the cusp of mature skin, but I don't have any acne problems. Maybe three or four pimples a year that are hormonal, but nothing that is worth freaking out about. The tretinoin is about skin tone, texture, and collagen for me. I'm going to take it slow and not wreck my barrier. I am completely sold on azelaic acid, and I've been using it for about six months. That when I am definitely keeping in my routine, because it's the only thing I found that has finally kept my rosacea and redness at bay. I've heard multiple people say that if you can get on azelaic acid first, at prepares your skin to stand up to the tretinoin, so luckily I was already using that for redness. I use the 92 snail mucin also, but oddly enough I haven't found any pilling problems with it. For now that's all I am doing. I wanted to simplify my routine to give tretinoin a chance to get comfortable, and then in a couple months I will reassess again! Thank you for the moisturizer suggestions, that's where I still feel like I'm playing around and not sure yet!
I have watched for longer than I can remember. I just noticed your follower count! 🥳 Congratulations! The authenticity here is always appreciated. On topic: sulfur > b peroxide IMO, and no ruined towels.
So happy to hear this. Suggestion from 52 yr old… learn your blood hormone levels in blood on same day of menstrual cycle so when gets more dry because of estrogen loss… you will know the levels you need for hydrated skin and collagen production. ❤
I absolutely LOVE the Osea ocean cleanser purifying face wash. It’s $50/bottle, but the travel size bottle literally lasted me 3 months, and that’s like a quarter of the size of the full bottle. Absolutely love it.
To replace the skin fix, try bliss might biome barrier creme! It’s so moisturizing and just amazing! You will not regret it. Also affordable. Their vitamin C face lotion is also amazing for a lighter weight but still moisturizing version with an active (both are in a squeeze “tin”).
The Aveeno calm & restore nourishing oat cleanser is great. I use it as my second cleanse in the evenings after the Purito from green cleansing oil. My go-to moisturizer is the La Roche Posay lipikar triple repair cream. I use it day and night but it's thick and may be too much for others daytime use. My dry skin loves it and it works well under spf and makeup.
The Cetaphil gentle cleanser is inexpensive, gentle, fragrance-free, works great (I use micellar water on cotton pads to remove makeup beforehand) and doesn’t irritate or flake my dry skin.
Oh, I’m so looking forward to watching! I just realized that the reason makeup looks horrible on my skin is because it’s dehydrated 🙄 🙄🙄My experience has been that my skin will look great in terms of moisture, but then the moment I put on foundation, I end up looking crusty and awful. The thing that helped me was the 7 skin method.
I HAVE to recommend the Numbuzin no1 Clear Filter Sun Essence. I have tried sooo many korean sunscreens and this one is by far the best one I have ever used!
Love the skin cycling. I skip the benzoyl peroxide on my face but otherwise our routines have the same steps. In terms of occlusive moisturizers, Ceremedx Ultra Moisturizing Cream is fantastic. I also like CereVe Moisturizing cream and Vanicream Moisturizing Cream.
Their skin renewing oil is great! It has 5 types of ceramides in it (which you rarely see in the US). Also love their lightweight and standard daily lotions. I also use the generics of their morning/night moisturizers. Ceramides are a must for healthy, resilient skin.
from fellow dry skin my fave extremely gentle cleanser is the Aveeno calm and restore cleanser (its non foaming gel) if ur not allergic to oats its really great imo 😊 also u can buy refill packs which makes it incredibly affordable
I love Dr. Dray...she's was so helpful with my skincare journey. I have to get back on it. Life has thrown some serious curveballs and I've neglected so many things 😢
Merry Christmas Alex! I hope you have the best one yet! Thank you for this upload because I dehydrated my skin to when I started getting into makeup and realized that the reason it didn't look good was because I was not doing any skin care
Merry christmas Alex♡ Big love from across the seas in SYRIA♡ Mom says hi♡ she loves you♡ I suffer from dehydrated skin too, i had the greasiest skin, but then was on isotretinoin and now i have extremely dry skin. I like ozonated creams for my skin it feels good and i don't break out on it. Great you figured out what is good for you♡ Your skin is glowing♡
I love the Haru Haru Black Rice sunscreen formula but I discovered the skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sica Sun Serum. It’s SPF 50+ PA++++. It’s very lightweight and I can use it over my daily moisturizer, which is the Vanicream daily facial moisturizer. The Har Haru sunscreen can sometimes be too heavy. Thank you for this video btw. I have been trying to adjust to more than three nights a week of .05 Tretinoin for about a year, and I just can’t seem to do it. I appreciate you sharing your story, because perhaps this is just the most I’m going to be able to do and I should quit trying to push it too much because then I really dry out my skin.
Lisa Eldridge for sure the best cleanser I’m on my second bottle, also her face setting spray for glow is great. Sometimes I use it I don’t put anything else on my face.
I get so so dry specifically around my mouth and chin and recently switched the The Ordinary Glycolipid Cleanser (kind of a weird almost smell but I'm into to) and then alternate moisturizers between the Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides which is SUPER oily and thick and I love as a night cream or the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream which is definitely more water based and absorbs completely (learned about this one from Kackie!)
Night time moisturizer belief true cream, not the gel, is great. Also they have a gel mask to place on top of everything and it seals in all your skincare. It actually works. Another good one is Farmacy honey halo, it’s nice and thick.
I really love Dieux instant angel for my retinoid days. I also wonder if you’d benefit from altreno which is 0.04% tretinoin. It’s a micronized formula so the tret is released slower and therefore more gentle. It also has collagen and glycerin in the formula
glow recipe’s PHA BHA watermelon toner is an absolute lifesaver btw. i know you want to wash off, but this reallllly helps my skin, and i notice when i don’t use it. oh god the snail mucin is HG status for my am routine and some pm routines.
I buy the Uriage Cleansing Oil and the Uriage Cream Cleanser in stoopid big bottles (1 litre). $27 each in Canada here. They are made in France with french spring water and I love them. They last forever. I oil cleanse with the first and then without rinsing add a pump of the cream cleanser and done! Love them both. May be a Cdn thing, but Bioderma seems to have similar packaging.
Highly recommend Kelly Driscoll's channel for product recommendations, esp. when it comes to strengthening your skin barrier/pairing products with actives! For cleansers - Prequel's gleanser and Haruharu soft cleansing gels. Both are gels vs creams, but super gentle
Great video! I have similar struggles and keep tweaking my routine to figure out what works. My recommendation for a gentle cream cleanser is skin 1004 centella ampoule foam. I found this cleanser after trying so many and it's so nourishing and gentle yet leaves my skin feeling so clean, but not stripped. It's amazing!
The Mighty Bamboo Panthenol Cream from Purito SEOUL is such a freakin godsend, it is moisturising but so deliciously light weight and supple.😍 It has i believe 10% panthenol, and honestly so many other great ingredients for your skin barrier without being sticky and heavy. I am so extraordinarily picky with my moisturisers fro my dehydrated, dry-combo and rosacea skin, and this is the first cream that has just been perfect! It is so affordable, and comes in a 100mL bottle because someone above just loves us that much I guess. 🥰
The “All About Clean” liquid facial soap in extra-mild by Clinique is such a great nourishing cream cleanser almost lotion like and it leaves hour skin extremely hydrated and bouncy ✨
dearest, Alexandra... get your hands on the Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume, Ultra Soothing Balm. it is cheap as f! and super soothing, thick and moisturizing. i use it at night time and mix it with rose hip seed and castor oils and i wake up feeling so good it is theeee best ever
glow recipe’s PHA BHA watermelon toner is an absolute lifesaver btw. i know you want to wash off, but this reallllly helps my skin, and i notice when i don’t use it. oh god the snail mucin is HG status for my am routine and some pm routines. also i am hearing from kackie that colloidal oatmeal from the first aid beauty moisturizer is a life changer. i’m trying it, but im unsure.
Merry Christmas !!! I’ve been a die hard fan of Skinfix too. But you’re right, not anymore. I switched to InnBeauty Project Extreme Cream. It’s thick, luxurious and feels fantastic on the skin. Highly recommend ! Your skin looks amazing 😍
Sounds like you have learned a lot and are doing good stuff. Prequel “Gleanser” might meet your needs also, look into Paula’s Choice. Paula’s website is a great source of education on skincare along with exceptional products. Her loyalty program and customer service are top notch.
I use Avene Caracalla cream with tretinoin. I also like tower 28 barrier cream and for each wash ; tower 28 daily balance cleanser and stratia velvet cleaning milk.
For the cream recommendation " Madagascar Centella Probio-Cica Enrich Cream by skin 1004" its full of centella asiatica that also is a very famous calming ingredient
for a cream / creamier cleanser, i've really been enjoying medicube's zero foam cleanser! i think it's on sale right now for 12 dollars on the website but full price is 22
Juice Beauty: probiotic coconut + aloe cleansing cream and their overnight cream! It’s a must try😊 my skin feels so quenched and velvety soft! I hope you get a chance to try them and love it too😁
Ugh, I can relate to this so much! Now that I'm in my thirties, my skin went from extremely oily to extremely dehydrated, it has been a struggle to find a routine that not only hydrates but nourishes. I loved the Lisa Eldridge cleanser too! But ugh! The shipping cost to Canada on top of the price of the cleanser, I can't justify it. Although, I really like the g(oat) cleanser from DRMTLGY and their sunscreen. I'm still looking for a good moisturizer, but, I would love to hear in future if you've managed to find a good one
Girl you gotta look into Korean moisturizers. (Dear Klairs midnight blue calming cream, Etude soonjung barrier intensive cream, Purito mighty bamboo Panthenol cream, Neogen high R exosome cream and there’s so many more that are good. After discovering Korean skin care that’s pretty much all I use now. Btw I have severely dehydrated sensitive dry skin and also have type 2 Rosacea and seborrheic dermatitis. I know so many fun skin conditions to deal with 😂.
I think I’m going to try the skin cycling. I’ve been doing the Tret Mon, wed & Fri and my acne is at bay for the most part but my skin is dehydrated. And I still have black heads in my tzone so I’ve been using even more exfoliants on my off nights from Tret, and it’s not helping the dehydration 😅 this sounds like it’s worth a try though.
ah. the BP. I had that cream before but I don't like it. I have the same skin problems like you but I figure it out. because I use Tre and exfoliate so much😂 if you guys want to get rid of acnes without drying out your skins. try adapalene cream, not gel form, it's less dry than Tre😂 I would say for now Korean cleansers work best for my sensitive skin since I use Tre. you should try them out (HaruHaru, Beauty of Jo,...) still try to find a good moisturizer tho😂
Loving the TH-cam award in your background. You should be so proud & it's a testament to your content ❤
For the acne prone people that can't tolerate tret. Try differin gel! After many years or sensitive skin and acne this was a gamechanger for me 🎉
"Why did you guys change the formula?" That is an excellent question, beautiful Alexandra! The manufacturers tend to screw up their greatest products!
I think there's a lot of confusion online about dehydrated skin vs dry skin. You can have dehydrated skin at any time alongside dry, oily or combo skin. My skin is chronically dehydrated when I'm oily and dry, I empathise with the struggle!
If I didn't know better, after hearing about the products you use, I would've guessed you had oily or dry skin with no dehydration, so something must be working 😅
Here's some info that might help or might help anyone reading along ☺️
Dehydrated skin has trouble holding onto water and needs more humectants, while also needing occlusives to then seal all that hydration in.
Dry skin has trouble producing enough oils within the skin and needs emollients and moisturising ingredients to fill in the "cracks" within the skin and smooth out the flakiness.
The best, most gentle cleanser I've ever used is the Isntree Yam Root Cream Cleanser. It's so moisturising and just lovely.
Unfortunately, the SkinFix moisturiser has no occlusives and is very much NOT suited for true dehydrated skin, unless you're using an occlusive moisturiser on top of it. I'm sure you also already know this, but that moisturiser also contains both a PHA and AHA, so maybe that's why you're not able to tolerate tret more often?
The literature on Tretinoin actually shows that using a lower dose like 0.025-0.05% 3-4 times a week gives the same results as using a higher dose every night!
Many people with dehydrated skin also can't tolerate much HA products or products with nano HA, because it's just not a good humectant. I'd highly recommend ditching dedicated HA products and switching to products with better humectants like glycerin, panthenol and urea.
My recommendation with snail mucin is to use it after hydrating essences/toners and serums, but before creamy serums/emulsions and moisturisers. Using snail mucin after just a mist was torture on my dehydrated skin 😅
Luckily I've only ever had snail mucin pill when I haven't used enough humectants in my routine.
The Prequel Gleanser is an excellent hydrating cleanser. And they recently started selling in Target!
I was going to suggest the same!! It's fantastic!
you know your stuff!
Endorsing this recommendation! Very gentle and hydrating, and while the bottle is a little expensive for the drugstore, the bottle is huge so it’s a bargain if you look at it the cost per ounce. I’ve been using it for 2 months now and have barely made a dent in it.
Prequel are so good - the Gleanser, their various moisturizers, and their multi-quench serum. So hydrating, and all very nice for not irritating anything.
I recommended this, too! Lol.
I have a very similar routine, but I figured out that if I do my exfoliation the first night, my tretinoin is more effective and I'm not treating dead skin cells. It made a decent difference, just swapping the order of my cycle to exfoliate, treat, and then 2 nights off (both with rose hip oil, because my skin loves it).
Rosehip oil is so beneficial for so many skin related issues. I love it.
I also use benzoyl peroxide at 10% concentration to treat my rosacea, applying it three times a week. Salicylic acid doesn’t work for me; it just makes my skin incredibly sensitive. My weekly skincare routine includes vitamin C, azelaic acid, peptides, and retinol-sunscreen is also a must. Not one person who saw me before I started this routine has failed to notice the difference. They often say, "You look so young and healthy. Your skin looks amazing!"
I clicked this so fast - my skin will be nice and moisturized in the morning and at night after skincare but at the end of the day it is flaking off
Same
Yeessss. I hate it because no matter how good I was at skin prep, my skin would be flaky by mid morning. It was extra frustrating because my skin looked great-totally moisturized and hydrated-until I put on foundation. So frustrating!
Try using something with more emollients on top in a thin layer.
I still have dehydration but some things to experiment with might be layering, layering products with increasingly thick textures (something watery->thickened->gloopy) and then followed by a face oil instead of a moisturizer sometimes hits for me
Omg same and I can be sooooo glazed donut and wet and then flaky in 4 hours ? Like how?!!! And then acne prone ? Like torture
It sounds like we have similar skin; I LOVE the Aveeno Calm + Restore Nourishing Oat Cleanser. Cheap, feels great, cleans well, keeps breakouts at bay, and helps keep my skin barrier intact. I live in dry AF Denver and this has been a game changer for my routine!
I have and use that one sometimes, it’s good. I’ve been using the Prequel Glycerin one lately with the winter weather to stay hydrated.
Yep, this is my one and only. I lived in co too! I stopped all my skincare and only used this and their eczema lotion and I had absolutely flawless skin, until I moved to Tennessee lolll
I agree! I love the moisturizer also! Best product I've used in years!
It's so tough to figure out the right balance. The environment changes between seasons, our skin changes. Breaks are good. I use "recovery" products without actives when I need to get my skin barrier back in shape. The best recovery products contain glycerin, ceramides, cholesterol, linoleic acid, urea (or some of these at least).
Dr. Idriss stresses consistency over quantity with actives. 3 x week is great for tretinoin if you can be consistent that way. Using actives too often can cause inflammation, which you want to avoid.
Your opinion means a lot to me in that even though I’m a woman of a “certain age”, I still break out and I still have very oily skin so thank you very much and merry Christmas🎄
I can only use salicylic acid; I cannot use benzoyl peroxide at all. Hyaluronic acid serum is a game changer for hydration; it works amazingly well with vitamin c. I had to scale back on retinol.
Happy Christmas Eve, Alex!💖🎄
GIRL you DONT MISSSS!!!! This has been my recent insecurity 😭 tysm
So happy to see you today! Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎅🎅
Recommends 1. The man:nyo pure and deep cleansing foam produces a deep lather from a cream cleanser without stripping the skin 2. The dynasty cream from Beauty of Joseon is an incredible general moisturizer and absorbs well without feeling greasy.
The Lisa Eldridge cleanser is amazing. I will also use it once a week as a mask for 5-10 minutes. I'm drugstore to the core, but this is my favorite product.
Many blessings!!💖💖💖 Merry Christmas!! 🎄⛄🎀
I fell in love with SkinFix moisturizer to combat Tret 0.1% dryness. Sephora has a gift set marked down to $41 that includes the "old" formula moisturizer but the cleanser is amazeballs! (The Barrier Bundle Hydrating and Plumping Trio) I think you'd like that cleanser, it protects the moisture barrier nicely. I actually tried samples of their oil cleanser and broke out promptly, ugh. Acne after 50 should be illegal. Best of luck
My evening skincare routine
Monday:
Mens clinique concentrate serum -> dieux air angel -> kiehls avacado eye cream
Retinol (altreno)
Tuesday
Dermalogica exfoliating powder
-> dieux air angel -> Vaseline on entire face
Repeat
I have dry dehydrated skin
Sunday no actives
I haven’t watched yet but THANK YOU ALEX I HAVE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING!!
I grew up in New Hampshire where the sun is basically not seen for half the year and weaksauce the rest of the year, but after 25 years in SoCal, my number one regret is not slathering sunscreen on my neck, chest, and hands. Shortly after age 40, a bunch of brown spots popped out on my chest, and wow, it was downhilll aging so fast from there. I did protect my face because of my damn melasma, which is SOOOOOO sensitive to sun exposure that it taught me how effective sunscreens really are. My longtime HG Shiseido mineral SPF 50+ has gone out of stock, and I'm at a loss. Maybe it's time to try Haruharu....
According to my melasma, not all sunscreens are equally protective against photoaging/brown spots even when their SPF numbers are the same, so normally I test a new sunscreen on a less important area like forearms or ankles (especially after the Honest Beauty fiasco) before I will use it on my face.
Although I haven't used it myself, I've heard many other dry-skinned influencers rave about Prequel's "Gleanser" which is like 50% glycerin. Apparently a big pump bottle is very reasonably priced. Prequel is Dr, Sam Ellis' (dermatolgist) own brand. Hope this helps..
The brand called face reality also has a glycerin based cleanser that is so good an ultra Ultra Gentle not drying
I've been drier than the Sahara my whole life. It takes several liquid moisturizers and serums, followed by 2 occlusives to keep me from looking like a raisin.
I never had to worry about clogged pores at least.
I’ve been loving the Prequel Gleanser for hydration
What occlusives do you use , I need one bad
I adore the Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser (light blue cap). It's like a lotion and it removes makeup really well, also. Doesn't leave my skin feeling stripped.
I was coming here to say this, too. It’s the ugliest packaging so every so often I try something new… and regret it.
@a.v.sheridan9791 yes, the packaging lacks pizzazz, but it gets the job done 🤣
I recommend IsNTree's dark blue hyaluronic acid toner & serum, the serum and toner are actually sold at jcpennys (where I first found them). The serum is called something like "hyaluronic water essence"; it's got oatmeal extract and like 8 different types of hyaluronic acid. Also has a bit of vitamin c derivative (as sodium ascorbyl hyaluronate). Love love love it. I used to use the toner, then their "Fresh" aloe gel, then the water essence, and it was so hydrating! Still use their toner and aloe gel, but I've switch to their bifida ampoule since it has peptides.
The Garnier Hydrating Cleanser is very soothing. It has glycerin and it feels so good, never stings and leaves my dry and acne prone skin happy. I never tried the Prequel Gleanser but it sounds similar yet the Garnier one is a lot cheaper.
Olive young is where it’s at for all Korean skin care! If you want hydrated glass skin, check them out, all the brands I’ve tried I love.
I would LOVE to see a video on dermaplaning! Have been wanting to try it for a while now.
Same. As an esthetician, I still can’t dermaplane without breaking out. It’s embarrassing.
I just started tretinoin this week (wish me luck). I am on the cusp of mature skin, but I don't have any acne problems. Maybe three or four pimples a year that are hormonal, but nothing that is worth freaking out about. The tretinoin is about skin tone, texture, and collagen for me. I'm going to take it slow and not wreck my barrier. I am completely sold on azelaic acid, and I've been using it for about six months. That when I am definitely keeping in my routine, because it's the only thing I found that has finally kept my rosacea and redness at bay. I've heard multiple people say that if you can get on azelaic acid first, at prepares your skin to stand up to the tretinoin, so luckily I was already using that for redness. I use the 92 snail mucin also, but oddly enough I haven't found any pilling problems with it. For now that's all I am doing. I wanted to simplify my routine to give tretinoin a chance to get comfortable, and then in a couple months I will reassess again! Thank you for the moisturizer suggestions, that's where I still feel like I'm playing around and not sure yet!
I start tret this week too! Good luck to us ❤
I love the Lisa Eldridge cleanser, it's 'spensive but so good. I also use her mist before the COS Rx snail mucin. This is so helpful, perfect timing!
Doctorly is another great channel for Derm advice
I have watched for longer than I can remember. I just noticed your follower count! 🥳 Congratulations! The authenticity here is always appreciated. On topic: sulfur > b peroxide IMO, and no ruined towels.
So happy to hear this. Suggestion from 52 yr old… learn your blood hormone levels in blood on same day of menstrual cycle so when gets more dry because of estrogen loss… you will know the levels you need for hydrated skin and collagen production. ❤
The Prequel "Gleanser" is a Glycerin based cleanser that doesn't strip your skin whatsoever. The absolute best - hydrating & Affordable!!
I absolutely LOVE the Osea ocean cleanser purifying face wash. It’s $50/bottle, but the travel size bottle literally lasted me 3 months, and that’s like a quarter of the size of the full bottle. Absolutely love it.
To replace the skin fix, try bliss might biome barrier creme! It’s so moisturizing and just amazing! You will not regret it. Also affordable. Their vitamin C face lotion is also amazing for a lighter weight but still moisturizing version with an active (both are in a squeeze “tin”).
The Aveeno calm & restore nourishing oat cleanser is great. I use it as my second cleanse in the evenings after the Purito from green cleansing oil. My go-to moisturizer is the La Roche Posay lipikar triple repair cream. I use it day and night but it's thick and may be too much for others daytime use. My dry skin loves it and it works well under spf and makeup.
Recently, I added the glossier future dew as my last step before makeup and my skin has been staying moisturized longer.
Honestly this helps so much!! Love you and your videos❤️
The Cetaphil gentle cleanser is inexpensive, gentle, fragrance-free, works great (I use micellar water on cotton pads to remove makeup beforehand) and doesn’t irritate or flake my dry skin.
I love aquanil for a gentle cleanser! Totally underrated
Oh, I’m so looking forward to watching! I just realized that the reason makeup looks horrible on my skin is because it’s dehydrated 🙄 🙄🙄My experience has been that my skin will look great in terms of moisture, but then the moment I put on foundation, I end up looking crusty and awful. The thing that helped me was the 7 skin method.
Have you tried the vanicream gentle facial cleanser? I’m not sure how it compares to the ones you mentioned but I love it and it’s pretty affordable
I HAVE to recommend the Numbuzin no1 Clear Filter Sun Essence. I have tried sooo many korean sunscreens and this one is by far the best one I have ever used!
Giiiiiiiiiirl! I missed you🫶🏻
Happy Holidays!🎉
we are soul sisters. i cycle similarly, though i cut out the retinol (differin). paula’s choice new barrier cream is nice!
Love the skin cycling. I skip the benzoyl peroxide on my face but otherwise our routines have the same steps. In terms of occlusive moisturizers, Ceremedx Ultra Moisturizing Cream is fantastic. I also like CereVe Moisturizing cream and Vanicream Moisturizing Cream.
Cerave is my favorite. I can't live without it!
Their skin renewing oil is great! It has 5 types of ceramides in it (which you rarely see in the US). Also love their lightweight and standard daily lotions. I also use the generics of their morning/night moisturizers. Ceramides are a must for healthy, resilient skin.
Hey Alex! Been wondering about you-hope all is well ❤ Happy Holidays.
from fellow dry skin my fave extremely gentle cleanser is the Aveeno calm and restore cleanser (its non foaming gel) if ur not allergic to oats its really great imo 😊 also u can buy refill packs which makes it incredibly affordable
Dr Jarts are typically atleast half off at TJ Maxx. 7.99 for 5
I have a bunch. ❤
I love Dr. Dray...she's was so helpful with my skincare journey. I have to get back on it. Life has thrown some serious curveballs and I've neglected so many things 😢
Merry Christmas Alex! I hope you have the best one yet! Thank you for this upload because I dehydrated my skin to when I started getting into makeup and realized that the reason it didn't look good was because I was not doing any skin care
Merry christmas Alex♡
Big love from across the seas in SYRIA♡
Mom says hi♡ she loves you♡
I suffer from dehydrated skin too, i had the greasiest skin, but then was on isotretinoin and now i have extremely dry skin.
I like ozonated creams for my skin it feels good and i don't break out on it.
Great you figured out what is good for you♡
Your skin is glowing♡
I swear you're psychic. I LITERALLY just rubbed my face and was like... why the hell am I so dry??? I too have always had oily skin...
I am SAT.
I love the Haru Haru Black Rice sunscreen formula but I discovered the skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sica Sun Serum. It’s SPF 50+ PA++++. It’s very lightweight and I can use it over my daily moisturizer, which is the Vanicream daily facial moisturizer. The Har Haru sunscreen can sometimes be too heavy. Thank you for this video btw. I have been trying to adjust to more than three nights a week of .05 Tretinoin for about a year, and I just can’t seem to do it. I appreciate you sharing your story, because perhaps this is just the most I’m going to be able to do and I should quit trying to push it too much because then I really dry out my skin.
Lisa Eldridge for sure the best cleanser I’m on my second bottle, also her face setting spray for glow is great. Sometimes I use it I don’t put anything else on my face.
I get so so dry specifically around my mouth and chin and recently switched the The Ordinary Glycolipid Cleanser (kind of a weird almost smell but I'm into to) and then alternate moisturizers between the Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides which is SUPER oily and thick and I love as a night cream or the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream which is definitely more water based and absorbs completely (learned about this one from Kackie!)
The Haruharu and BOJ are my favorite SPFs also and I prefer the Haru too + DON’T MAKE ME DO MATH!!!
honestly curology has a great gentle clenser (and moisturizer for daytime) and its pretty affordable
Night time moisturizer belief true cream, not the gel, is great. Also they have a gel mask to place on top of everything and it seals in all your skincare. It actually works. Another good one is Farmacy honey halo, it’s nice and thick.
I really love Dieux instant angel for my retinoid days. I also wonder if you’d benefit from altreno which is 0.04% tretinoin. It’s a micronized formula so the tret is released slower and therefore more gentle. It also has collagen and glycerin in the formula
I recommend the Aestura 365 Atobarrier Cream. I loved the OG skinfix but the Aestura is even better!
I am 65 yrs young and won’t be w/o CosRx snail mucin❤ wonderful video!
glow recipe’s PHA BHA watermelon toner is an absolute lifesaver btw. i know you want to wash off, but this reallllly helps my skin, and i notice when i don’t use it. oh god the snail mucin is HG status for my am routine and some pm routines.
I buy the Uriage Cleansing Oil and the Uriage Cream Cleanser in stoopid big bottles (1 litre). $27 each in Canada here. They are made in France with french spring water and I love them. They last forever. I oil cleanse with the first and then without rinsing add a pump of the cream cleanser and done! Love them both. May be a Cdn thing, but Bioderma seems to have similar packaging.
Happy Holidays!!
Highly recommend Kelly Driscoll's channel for product recommendations, esp. when it comes to strengthening your skin barrier/pairing products with actives! For cleansers - Prequel's gleanser and Haruharu soft cleansing gels. Both are gels vs creams, but super gentle
Great video! I have similar struggles and keep tweaking my routine to figure out what works. My recommendation for a gentle cream cleanser is skin 1004 centella ampoule foam. I found this cleanser after trying so many and it's so nourishing and gentle yet leaves my skin feeling so clean, but not stripped. It's amazing!
The Mighty Bamboo Panthenol Cream from Purito SEOUL is such a freakin godsend, it is moisturising but so deliciously light weight and supple.😍 It has i believe 10% panthenol, and honestly so many other great ingredients for your skin barrier without being sticky and heavy. I am so extraordinarily picky with my moisturisers fro my dehydrated, dry-combo and rosacea skin, and this is the first cream that has just been perfect! It is so affordable, and comes in a 100mL bottle because someone above just loves us that much I guess. 🥰
The “All About Clean” liquid facial soap in extra-mild by Clinique is such a great nourishing cream cleanser almost lotion like and it leaves hour skin extremely hydrated and bouncy ✨
dearest, Alexandra... get your hands on the Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume, Ultra Soothing Balm. it is cheap as f! and super soothing, thick and moisturizing. i use it at night time and mix it with rose hip seed and castor oils and i wake up feeling so good it is theeee best ever
glow recipe’s PHA BHA watermelon toner is an absolute lifesaver btw. i know you want to wash off, but this reallllly helps my skin, and i notice when i don’t use it. oh god the snail mucin is HG status for my am routine and some pm routines. also i am hearing from kackie that colloidal oatmeal from the first aid beauty moisturizer is a life changer. i’m trying it, but im unsure.
I like the dr Idriss gel cream I find it similar to the skinfix but more moisturizing
Merry Christmas !!! I’ve been a die hard fan of Skinfix too. But you’re right, not anymore. I switched to InnBeauty Project Extreme Cream. It’s thick, luxurious and feels fantastic on the skin. Highly recommend ! Your skin looks amazing 😍
Sounds like you have learned a lot and are doing good stuff. Prequel “Gleanser” might meet your needs also, look into Paula’s Choice. Paula’s website is a great source of education on skincare along with exceptional products. Her loyalty program and customer service are top notch.
I use Avene Caracalla cream with tretinoin. I also like tower 28 barrier cream and for each wash ; tower 28 daily balance cleanser and stratia velvet cleaning milk.
For the cream recommendation " Madagascar Centella Probio-Cica Enrich Cream by skin 1004" its full of centella asiatica that also is a very famous calming ingredient
Great video and very helpful.
Notes have been taken 📝
for a cream / creamier cleanser, i've really been enjoying medicube's zero foam cleanser! i think it's on sale right now for 12 dollars on the website but full price is 22
Juice Beauty: probiotic coconut + aloe cleansing cream and their overnight cream! It’s a must try😊 my skin feels so quenched and velvety soft! I hope you get a chance to try them and love it too😁
Ugh, I can relate to this so much! Now that I'm in my thirties, my skin went from extremely oily to extremely dehydrated, it has been a struggle to find a routine that not only hydrates but nourishes. I loved the Lisa Eldridge cleanser too! But ugh! The shipping cost to Canada on top of the price of the cleanser, I can't justify it. Although, I really like the g(oat) cleanser from DRMTLGY and their sunscreen. I'm still looking for a good moisturizer, but, I would love to hear in future if you've managed to find a good one
How about the Dr. Jart Ceramidin Skin Barrier cream? Pretty thick! 💪
I like the philosophy cleanser.
I would replace the snail mucin with the Prequel Quench…it is SO hydrating, NEVER pills, SO gentle. And cheap.
Girl you gotta look into Korean moisturizers. (Dear Klairs midnight blue calming cream, Etude soonjung barrier intensive cream, Purito mighty bamboo Panthenol cream, Neogen high R exosome cream and there’s so many more that are good. After discovering Korean skin care that’s pretty much all I use now.
Btw I have severely dehydrated sensitive dry skin and also have type 2 Rosacea and seborrheic dermatitis. I know so many fun skin conditions to deal with 😂.
The Clinique moisturizing mask is freakin amazing for tret nights
And all other nights too 😄
Try the prequel cleanser
annessa is a good waterproof sunscreen - it’s a yesstyle j beauty jam.
My absolute favorite, gentle cream cleanser is the DEWYTREE Hi Amino All Cleansing Milk✌
I've the same problem and my skin looks better after using Cerave moisturing cream it has hyaluronic acid and ceramid in it it kinda helps
You are fabulous without make up. Nice. 🎉
IF YOU WAX: (as a licensed esthetician) let your waxer know if youre taking tretinoin!!!
PS. The Cosrx Snail Cream works very well under makeup for me. I have very dry mature skin.
I think I’m going to try the skin cycling. I’ve been doing the Tret Mon, wed & Fri and my acne is at bay for the most part but my skin is dehydrated. And I still have black heads in my tzone so I’ve been using even more exfoliants on my off nights from Tret, and it’s not helping the dehydration 😅 this sounds like it’s worth a try though.
Thanks for this - my New Year’s resolution.Sunscreen makes all the difference ❤ find one that you can tolerate around your eyes as well. I use Nivea.
I’ve been using retin A 24 years #1
ah. the BP. I had that cream before but I don't like it. I have the same skin problems like you but I figure it out. because I use Tre and exfoliate so much😂 if you guys want to get rid of acnes without drying out your skins. try adapalene cream, not gel form, it's less dry than Tre😂
I would say for now Korean cleansers work best for my sensitive skin since I use Tre. you should try them out (HaruHaru, Beauty of Jo,...) still try to find a good moisturizer tho😂
Check out the gleanser by Dr. Sam Ellis. It’s 50% glycerin and incredibly gentle. It’s so good. It’s worth the hype!
It’s so good
Inoxxa is very affordable and a good cream cleanser
Snail stuff helped me